Men bet on WNBA players’ menstrual cycles

the “Whoosh” from the dildo Flying past your face. Tribal chants. Men bet on bodily functions.

This is not a cult, this is a day in the life of a modern-day WNBA player.

That last insult on the list? It’s a sports betting strategy that grows in popularity over the course of this WNBA season, which culminates with the Las Vegas Aces and Phoenix Mercury facing off in the Finals. Dozens of dedicated online gamblers exist Making bets On the potential performance of players based on their abilities “Predictions” (or rather assumptions) About their menstrual cycle. In fact some call it “Blood money“, because… of course they do.

One prominent figure who makes and predicts these bets, who uses FadeMeBets online, has received thousands of likes and shares on Instagram for his period betting strategy. He claims to have been correct in 11 out of 16 of his menstrual cycle predictions, with an accuracy of about 68.75 percent. “The good thing, but also kind of the bad, is that it attracts more people to watch the WNBA, but on the downside of that, it’s usually just all gamblers,” says FadeMeBets, who declined to be named, citing privacy concerns.

This WNBA season has been a record-breaking one, with more fans in the stands, more eyes on the screen, and more viral moments. The league announced that attendance exceeded a historic 2.5 million earlier this summer. Meanwhile, standout players like Angel Reese, Paige Bueckers and Caitlin Clark have added momentum and become household names.

It has become a new interest in the league More men watch sports than womenThe huge rise in sports gambling means some are betting on games – and players’ playing periods – which experts warn is not only pseudoscience, but also sexist.

“Not all women are the same. Yes, there is a traditional 28-day cycle, but every woman is different, and it varies from person to person, month to month,” she says. Amy Westsports medicine physician. “Is there anyone who could predict this? Someone who is not very close to a menstruating woman? It’s actually ridiculous.”

Ways to madness

FadeMeBets admits that predicting a WNBA player’s performance based on menstrual cycle assumptions is more art than science. Typical menstrual prediction videos all begin with a vaguely threatening phrase: “We have a victim, boys.” (And thus he says that the victim is him Betting line(The odds are set by sportsbooks that determine a person’s payouts – not the player themselves.) He then shares predictions about whether a particular player is menstruating, ovulating, or in the late luteal phase, which occurs after ovulation and before her period. For example, it is said this summer from Clark: “It’s at the end of the late luteal phase, which means decreased cardio, decreased strength, decreased aerobic system, and will be more tired than a normal game.”

FadeMeBets asked viewers to “bet under” Clarke in that game, anticipating that she would score lower than the number predicted by oddsmakers on sports betting apps, and in this case, Clarke did just that.